5,500 Quilt Block Designs

Not for the "faint of heart" because there are no actual patterns in it. But it's 5500 blocks,in color,that you can use to make your own patterns. They do give you a grid at the start of each chapter to use to make your own pattern. This is the type of book I love. The designs are really nice and they give you a list of the most common names for each block. I highly recommend it.

This hardbacked volume contains a huge collection of patchwork blocks each of which is carefully drawn and appropriately coloured on the computer. The author's source and a pattern name is given in each case and the blocks are sorted into the usual patchwork categories of four patch, nine patch etc. There is a very wide range of different styles and the blocks are fully indexed at the back of the book. This book is absolutely superb and once it is in your collection you will probably not need any other collection of patchwork block drawings. Beginners will need another book to complement this one because no actual finished quilt patterns are provided nor are there any instructions on how to make a quilt; Lynne Edwards's "Sampler Quilt" series would be an excellent partner as her books cover many different techniques.

I purchased this book and it is one of the best buys I have ever made. When I did the math, each quilt block design cost me .0036 cents in USD. This may not be the book for a beginner but for those of us looking for inspiration, this is a must have book. With color designs, the possibilies are endless of what a person can imagine creating.

This is the best resource book a quilter could own. Full of colour alternatives for basic and complex designs. For beginners to advanced patchworkers, it's a fabulous teaching tool. Warning: lend itout at your own risk. You may never see it again

This is exactly what I was looking for! It's not a How-To book - it's just the blocks. The author summed it up perfectly, "As I became more proficient at quilting, I realized I didn't need the entire pattern, just a sketch of it." I was doing the same thing Maggie Malone was doing, collecting and filing patterns, and now she has put together this terrific book of just that - the patterns. Each pattern falls into a grid (3x3, 6x6, etc), and with drafting experiencing, can determine how to cut the pieces/templates. So this book is not for the novice, but with experience of making quilts from instruction books, you'll get the hang of how to make your blocks from just the patterns, too!